Sewage-disposal system



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CORNEALIUS'WELKER-RUSSELL, BURLINGTON, IOWA.

- SEWAGE-DISPOSAL sYsrnMf Specificationof Letters Patent.

. Patented May 24, 1921.

Application filed April 20, 1920. Serial no. $75,325.

$0 all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, ConNnALIUs'WELKnR RUssELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Burlington, in the county of Des Moines and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Sewage-Disposal System, of which the following is a specification.

' The device formingthe subject matter of this application is a toilet of that general type in which water is not used to flush, a chemical or bacteria being applied to effect the disposal of the excrement.

It is the object of the invention to provide a novel means whereby a seat and a lid of common construction may be assembled with a member which permits a draft of air from the interior of the body of the closet into a vent pipe, the construction being such that there will be a draft from the external air about the closet, into the body of the closet, and thence into the vent pipe.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in veiw, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in top plan, a device con structed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section wherein parts are broken away; and Fig. 3 is a sectional detail showing the means whereby the seat and the lid are hingedly connected with the ring.

The numeral 1 denotes a tile or pipe, the 7 same being vertically disposed and being of any desired length. The excrement is received in the tile pipe 1 and is cared for at the common procedure in connection with dry closets. The floor is indicated at 2. Supported on the upper end of the tile or pipe 1 is a tubular body 3 which may be made of crockery ware, porcelain or the like. A ring 4 is superposed on the body 3 and is supplied with a lateral extension 5, including a thickened portion 6 wherein a passage 7., is formed, the passage communicating with a vertical bore 9 in the part 6,of the extension 5, the saidportion 6 having an upstanding thimble l0 and a depending thimble 11. The thimble 10 is received within a pipe 12, the thimble 11 receiving a pipe 14 which may pass through the floor 2 and communicate with a pipe 15. At this point, it will be observed that thepipes 15, 14 and 12, together with the bore 10, constitute means whereby the lower portion of the tile or pipe 1 may be ventilated, in a manner well understood in the art.

In practical operation, there is an updraft through the parts 15, 14 and 12 in the direction of the arrow C. The ring 4 may be pro vided with a depending flange 8, within which the upper end of the body 3 is received. Packing, cement or the like, indicated at 16 may be used wherever expedient or necessary.

The numeral 17 denotes annularstandards, having their lower ends mounted in the extension 5 of the ring 4 on opposite sides of the thickened portion 6 which contains the passage 7. The standards 17 are supplied with shoulders 18 which engage the upper surface of the extension 5. Nuts 19 are threaded on the lower ends of the standards 17 and cooperate with the lower surface of the part 5, to hold the standards in place. The standards preferably are connected by a rod 20. The numeral 21 denotes a seat having projections 22 which, cooperating with the ring 4, space the seat from the ring. The seat 21 has eyes 23 mounted on the rod 20. The numeral 24 marks a lid haying eyes 25 mounted on the rod 20. The construction is such that, obviously the seat 21 and the lid 24 may be swung backwardly into an open position.

It will be observed that there will be an updraft through the body 3 into the pipe 12 by way of the passage 7 and the bore 9, thereby carrying off the noisome odors from within the body 3. The arrow B indicates the draft above alluded to. Further, since the seat 21 is spaced by the projections 22 from the ring 4, air will pass inwardly between the seat 21 and ring 4, and will flow, as indicated by the arrow A through the passage 7 and the bore 9 into the ventilating pipe 12. Consequently, any objectionable odors in the room external to the closet, will be taken care of.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is In a device of the class described, a tubular body; a ring supported on the body and having a lateral extension provided with an approximately vertical bore and with an approximately horizontal passage establishing communication between the interior of the body and the bore; vent pipe sections cooperating with the upper and lower surfaces of the extension and forming continuations of the bore; standards secured to the lateral extension of the ring and located on opposite sides of the passage; a seat; a lid; means for supporting the lid and the seat for swinging l5 movement on the standards; and means for spacing the seat from the ring, to permit an 1 inward draft of external air into the bore by way of the body and the passage.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 20 'my own I have hereto afiixed my signature 

